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.TH IPC_NAMESPACES 7 2019-08-02 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
ipc_namespaces \- overview of Linux IPC namespaces
.SH DESCRIPTION
IPC namespaces isolate certain IPC resources,
namely, System V IPC objects (see
.BR sysvipc (7))
and (since Linux 2.6.30)
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POSIX message queues (see
.BR mq_overview (7)).
The common characteristic of these IPC mechanisms is that IPC
objects are identified by mechanisms other than filesystem
pathnames.
.PP
Each IPC namespace has its own set of System V IPC identifiers and
its own POSIX message queue filesystem.
Objects created in an IPC namespace are visible to all other processes
that are members of that namespace,
but are not visible to processes in other IPC namespaces.
.PP
The following
.I /proc
interfaces are distinct in each IPC namespace:
.IP * 3
The POSIX message queue interfaces in
.IR /proc/sys/fs/mqueue .
.IP *
The System V IPC interfaces in
.IR /proc/sys/kernel ,
namely:
.IR msgmax ,
.IR msgmnb  ,
.IR msgmni ,
.IR sem ,
.IR shmall ,
.IR shmmax ,
.IR shmmni ,
and
.IR shm_rmid_forced .
.IP *
The System V IPC interfaces in
.IR /proc/sysvipc .
.PP
When an IPC namespace is destroyed
(i.e., when the last process that is a member of the namespace terminates),
all IPC objects in the namespace are automatically destroyed.
.PP
Use of IPC namespaces requires a kernel that is configured with the
.B CONFIG_IPC_NS
option.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR nsenter (1),
.BR unshare (1),
.BR clone (2),
.BR setns (2),
.BR unshare (2),
.BR mq_overview (7),
.BR namespaces (7),
.BR sysvipc (7)
.SH COLOPHON
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